The Senate began debate last week of a bill designed to protect unborn children from their twentieth week of life forward. H. 3114, the "SOUTH CAROLINA PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT", is set for priority debate, and I look forward to getting it passed this year. The opportunity to protect children, and to be, in some [...]
This year, the Senate Finance Committee attached a “bond bill” to the Capital Reserve Fund. We are mandated to appropriate a certain amount of dollars to this fund each year to be spent the following year. The Capital Reserve Fund bill prioritizes that spending. A point of order was made that it was against our [...]
I wish to inform you of my actions relative to the proposed resettlement of refugees in Spartanburg. Since Mid-March, I have been emailing Congressman Trey Gowdy’s office information regarding this issue. Congressman Gowdy has demanded answers from the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, and I applaud him for that. You can read his letter [...]
Session Drags On Dear Friend, the General Assembly continues its 2015 session, and I must say little has been accomplished. Now, on one hand that's a good thing in that most things that come out of Columbia are bad for taxpayers, but on another hand it's not good because we still have not dealt with [...]
